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Tiruppur South (state assembly constituency)
Refer Tiruppur (State Assembly Constituency) for previous elections held in this constituency.
Tiruppur South is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India newly formed after constituency delimitations 2008.[1] It is included in the Tiruppur parliamentary constituency.
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | K. Thangavel | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2016 | S. Gunasekaran | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2021 | K.Selvaraj | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Election Results[edit | edit source]
2021[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | K. Selvaraj | 75,535 | |||
| AIADMK | S. Gunasekaran | 70,826 | |||
2016[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. Gunasekaran | 73,351 | 44.68 | +44.68 | |
| DMK | K. Selvaraj | 57,418 | 34.98 | +34.98 | |
| CPI (M) | K. Thangavel | 13,597 | 8.28 | -53.35 | |
| BJP | N. Point Mani | 7,640 | 4.65 | +1.06 | |
| SDPI | Basheer Ahamed M | 2,547 | 1.55 | -0.61 | |
| Margin of victory | 15,933 | 9.70 | -21.60 | ||
| Turnout | 1,64,339 | 66.36 | -6.56 | ||
| AIADMK gain from CPI (M) | Swing | -16.95 | |||
2011[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | K. Thangavel | 75,424 | 61.63 | +61.63 | |
| INC | K. Senthil Kumar | 37,121 | 30.33 | +30.33 | |
| BJP | Point mani N | 4,397 | 3.59 | +3.59 | |
| SDPI | Mohmed Amanulla M | 2,645 | 2.16 | +2.16 | |
| IND | Maswooth L M | 944 | 0.77 | +0.77 | |
| Margin of victory | 38,303 | 31.30 | ---- | ||
| Turnout | 1,22,451 | 72.92 | New | ||
| CPI (M) win (new seat) | |||||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitaion 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
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